Recent content by mdhyde

I run pure 100% actinics in my 80 gallon reef with no noticable difference than when I ran 10K lights. I do it mostly because I like the look of it, but my soft corals and corraline algaes seem to like it more than the white light.

crabs often times stuff extra food in thier limbs to eat later. I am not an expert, but he may be growing food for himself? I had a decorator crab that would do the very same thing. If he looks healthy and is eating I would just keep an eye on him. If everyone else in the tank is happy, so much...

Can you run pure blue light with no other spectrums on a reef tank?

I just hooked up a 4x55 watt retro kit for my 80 gallon tank. It came prewired to the 4 pin square end caps. I bought 2 workhorse5 ballast and each was prewired with 2 endcaps each. The problem is they had jump wires running and each of the 2 ballasts were wired differently! and some of the...

wow. I live in Cali and looked at the auction. Too good to be true. The auction says he spent $350 on it. What is less than $2lb. But still a good price!!! tanks for da tip!

they all do a bang up job of cleaning parasites. In an all out much-a-thon I believe the cleaner blood shrimp would win.

the only way to truly fight back is use less gas. Less demand equals lower prices. If everyone could cut back, that would make a difference.

you didnt say how big this mantis is. So.......... I had small ones about 1/2 to 1" long. I fashioned a trap out of a bottle. Take 2 same sized plastic coke bottle. Cut one in half, then put this one in the other. The idea is to have a funnel big at the opening and small at the end. Bait the...

anenomes are nice and clownfish love them. also consider sexy shrimp with anens as they will occupy the anen like a clown and are very interesting. Anens are fine in low light situations as long as you feed them food. Give them any cut up seafood like squid, fish, scallops, shrimp etc. No high...

actually take your new starfish and cut him into 5 equal pieces....in a month or so you will have 5 stars! :D (sounds cruel but true I accidentally hacked off an arm and it grew into another starfish.......)

I cut my formula 1 while it is frozen. It makes it easier to get it to cut into smaller pieces. I usually cut up a lot of chunks at onces, then place in a ziplock baggie and store in freezer. that way you dont have to cut it every time you want to feed. The misses has a problem with me cutting...

I have an 80 gallon tank, 4 feet long. I have soft corals and one crochea clam. So I want to know what light would someone recommend and where I could buy them. I am leaning towards a 6x55 watt system. It is fully enclosed with cooling fans 4 55watt Atinics and 2 55 watt 10K daylights. The...

here is a sexy shrimp

thanks for all the votes!

ice chests make great fish tanks......and you can still float your beers in there!!! :)